MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration)

at Queen Margaret University

The programme incorporates four distinct but inter-woven strands: Professional Practice, Foundations for SLT, Speech and Language Pathology, and Research for SLT. These modules are completed in varying sequence across the two years of the programme.
 

• Professional Practice: Practice-based Learning
• Professional Practice: Competencies in Eating, Drinking and Swallowing
• Professional Practice: Clinical and Professional Capabilities
• Professional Practice: Applied Clinical Decision Making
• Professional Practice: Delivering Services that Reflect Diversity
• Professional Practice: Training and Leadership
• Foundations for SLT: Biological and Medical Sciences
• Foundations for SLT: Lifespan
• Foundations for SLT: Introduction to Linguistics
• Foundations for SLT: Speech and Language Analysis and Applications
• Speech and Language Pathology: Acquired Language and Neurogenic Communication Impairments
• Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental and Acquired Dysphagia
• Speech and Language Pathology: Speech Sound Disorders
• Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Language Disorder
• Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Disorders of Social Communication
• Speech and Language Pathology: Organic Speech Impairments and Voice Disorder
• Speech and Language Pathology: Physical, Sensory and Intellectual Impairment
• Research for SLT: Understanding and Appraising the Evidence for Practice
• Research for SLT: Applying Skills for Critical Enquiry

• An upper second class degree or above is required Evidence of experience of working with/ caring for/supporting people with communication impairments, for example through professional or voluntary work, is essential. Applicants should be able to evidence that they understand the role of the SLT.
• International: You will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 8.0 with no individual element below 7.5 or TOEFL (IBT) minimum score of 118/120.
• Criminal Records Check: A satisfactory criminal records check will be required.

International    
Year 1: £17,900 Year 2: £21,500 (year 2 fee includes dissertation fee)***

SCOT/UK/ROI    
Year 1: £9,680 Year 2: £10,880 (year 2 fee includes £1,200 dissertation fee)***

Our graduates have excellent employment prospects. Most go on to work within the NHS across a range of settings including clinics, schools, hospitals and the community although an increasing number also take up appointments in private organisations. Some graduates have taken up research posts and some have gone on to study for higher degrees.

International applicants should be aware that students may have to undertake some additional study/examinations to be eligible for registration with the professional body in their own country.